The Indonesian government has postponed Sept. 23 regional elections until at least December because of the coronavirus pandemic. President Joko Widodo signed ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Widodo Tells Ministers to Exert All Energies to Curb Coronavirus
Indonesia's Widodo Tells Ministers to Exert All Energies to Curb Coronavirus "I ask that you exert all of your energy and concentrate on efforts to control COVID-19 and its impact," Widodo said during ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: India’s cases spike with Chennai market cluster
Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India's southern city of Chennai, where a large cluster has been identified among people at one of ... ( read original story ...)
India’s ‘corona warrior’ who is also fighting cancer
He says he and his wife wanted to become parents again but it was while they were trying - in 2014 - that she received her cancer diagnosis. Mr Sahu owns a convenience store. He used to work on ... ( read original story ...)
China says HK will never be calm unless violent protesters removed
China's Hong Kong affairs office on Wednesday condemned Hong Kong protesters as a "political virus" who seek independence, warning that the city will never be calm unless what it said were violent ... ( read original story ...)
Investors’ No. 1 concern is a US-China political face-off, says economist
The coronavirus pandemic might have peaked, but the political fallout from it is just picking up pace and investors are getting very worried, said an economist on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
China plans to complete space station by 2022
China plans to send four crewed space missions and the same number of cargo craft to complete work on its permanent space station within about two years, officials said after ... ( read original story ...)
China’s April-May exports growth expected to contract by up to 30%, says economist
China could ramp up stimulus to boost domestic demand to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on exports and its labor market, Zhiwei Zhang, president and chief economist at Pinpoint Asset ... ( read original story ...)
Young May Day travellers raise hope for China’s tourism
China's tourism sector showed encouraging signs of recovery over the May Day holiday with 115 million trips made, many by car and by younger people emerging from weeks of coronavirus lockdown, ... ( read original story ...)
Students in China’s virus centre Wuhan return to school
Chinese youngsters in the global virus epicentre of Wuhan filed back to class on Wednesday, wearing masks and walking in single file past thermal scanners. ( read original story ...)